Stewart Wins Inaugural AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Night Race
Villopoto Grabs AMA Motocross Lites Victory in Lakewood

AMA Motocross

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (June 28, 2008)
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., brought his 2008 moto record to a perfect 10 en route to winning his fifth consecutive race of the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF and the series’ first-ever night race at the Toyota Trucks AMA National from Thunder Valley Presented by Division 7 Insulation. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., swept both motos of the AMA Motocross Lites, extending his overall winning streak to four.

 

Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Mike Alessi grabbed both BTOSports.com Holeshot Awards for the third consecutive event, opening up a significant lead in the second moto and holding off Stewart for three laps. Stewart made quick work of the deficit in each moto, posting consistent laps to pass Alessi and, even with a fall in moto two, keep his perfect season intact. Alessi maintained his pace to bring home runner-up finishes in each moto while Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Tallahassee, Fla., wrapped up his second straight third place result after 4-3 moto finishes.

 

“I had to make a couple passes in the beginning,” explained Stewart. “I got around those guys pretty quick. It probably took me about three laps to get used to the lights. I saw mike pulling away a little bit and tried to catch up. I got to him and pulled off a move and it stuck. I think the night race is cool. I know a lot of people are against it but I think it’s because of the lighting. Sometimes we need to spice it up a little. Maybe if we just add a few more lights out there it’ll be good. They’ll definitely work on it in the future to make it better.”

 

Villopoto took his fourth BTOSports.com Holeshot Award of the season in the first AMA Motocross Lites moto, cruising to the win. In moto two, he showed his resiliency, overcoming a ninth-place start and fought through the pack. He challenged Geico Powersports Honda’s Josh Grant, of Riverside, Calif., for the lead before making the winning pass on lap 13 of the 16 lap moto. Grant garnered the overall runner-up spot in his first race of the 2008 season, notching the BTOSports.com Holeshot Award in the final moto. Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi, of Saint Clair, Mich., posted a career-best third overall.

 

“It was tough (under the lights),” stated Villopoto. “You had to watch your shadows and really keep on your toes. I just tried to make my passes stick. Josh got away and once I got into second I had to put a charge on. I was able to carry a little more momentum on the outside (to pass him). I think we could use a little more light. It was better than I thought it would be and the track was maintained well throughout the evening. Normally, the altitude up here gets to you, but since it was cooler and at night our bikes were able to perform better and we could endure easier.”

 

Stewart currently holds a 45-point lead over Alessi in the AMA Motocross standings. In AMA Motocross Lites, Villopoto has a 28-point advantage over Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., who failed to finish the second moto after a fall on the opening lap.

 

The AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF heads east for the 4th of July weekend to one of the most historic races of the season with the 35th Annual Monster Energy/Kawasaki Motocross National Presented by Scott USA from Red Bud MX USA in Buchanan, Mich.

 

AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF
Toyota Trucks AMA National from Thunder Valley Presented by Division 7 Insulation
Thunder Valley Motocross Park – Lakewood, Colo.
June 28, 2008
Round 5 of 12

 

Motocross Event Results

Pos. Pts. Moto 1 Moto 2 No. Rider name Bike
1 50 25 (1) 25 (1) 7 J. Stewart Kawasaki KX450F
2 44 22 (2) 22 (2) 800 M. Alessi Suzuki RM-Z450
3 38 18 (4) 20 (3) 118 D. Millsaps Honda CRF450R
4 38 20 (3) 18 (4) 29 A. Short Honda CRF450R
5 31 16 (5) 15 (6) 26 M. Byrne Suzuki RM-Z450
6 29 13 (8) 16 (5) 15 T. Ferry Kawasaki KX450F
7 27 14 (7) 13 (8) 105 S. Hamblin Yamaha YZ450F
8 27 15 (6) 12 (9) 207 S. Collier Kawasaki KX450F
9 22 8 (13) 14 (7) 40 J. Hill Yamaha YZ450F
10 21 12 (9) 9 (12) 801 J. Alessi Honda CRF450R
11 19 11 (10) 8 (13) 93 K. Summers KTM 450SX
12 17 6 (15) 11 (10) 27 N. Wey KTM 450SX
13 15 10 (11) 5 (16) 183 M. Blose Honda CRF450R
14 14 4 (17) 10 (11) 55 A. Balbi Honda CRF450R
15 14 7 (14) 7 (14) 109 M. Boni Honda CRF450R
16 13 9 (12) 4 (17) 927 T. Sewell Suzuki RM-Z450
17 7 5 (16) 2 (19) 56 S. Skinner Honda CRF450R
18 6 0 (29) 6 (15) 39 R. Clark Honda CRF450R
19 6 3 (18) 3 (18) 294 R. Grantom Honda CRF450R
20 2 2 (19) 0 (33) 383 R. Fitch Honda CRF450R
21 1 0 (23) 1 (20) 37 J. Thomas Honda CRF450R
22 1 1 (20) 0 (27) 73 A. Chatfield Suzuki RM-Z450
23 0 0 (22) 0 (22) 241 D. Anderson Kawasaki KX450F
24 0 0 (25) 0 (21) 94 K. Rookstool Honda CRF450R
25 0 0 (24) 0 (23) 79 J. Sipes Suzuki RM-Z450
26 0 0 (27) 0 (25) 629 T. Boughten Yamaha YZ450F
27 0 0 (26) 0 (26) 627 L. Lillie Honda CRF450R
28 0 0 (21) 0 (31) 53 C. Siebler Honda CRF450R
29 0 0 (28) 0 (28) 111 M. Sleeter KTM 450SX
30 0 0 (34) 0 (24) 24 C. Summey Yamaha YZ450F
31 0 0 (30) 0 (29) 597 M. Dougherty Honda CRF450R
32 0 0 (32) 0 (30) 132 B. Laninovich KTM 450SX
33 0 0 (31) 0 (32) 229 J. Loop Honda CRF450R
34 0 0 (36) 0 (34) 885 J. Mann Jr Yamaha YZ450F
35 0 0 (35) 0 (35) 74 C. Blose Honda CRF450R
36 0 0 (33) 0 (38) 68 K. Mace Kawasaki KX450F
37 0 0 (37) 0 (37) 902 C. Cooper Suzuki RM-Z450
38 0 0 (39) 0 (36) 873 J. Carpenter Honda CRF450R
39 0 0 (38) 0 (39) 9 I. Tedesco Honda CRF450R
40 0 0 (40) 0 (40) 42 P. Carpenter Honda CRF450R

 

Motocross Overall Results

Pos. Pts. Rider name RD4 M1 RD4 M2 RD4 OA RD5 M1 RD5 M2 RD5 OA
1 250 J. Stewart 25(1) 25(1) 50(1) 25(1) 25(1) 50(1)
2 199 M. Alessi 22(2) 22(2) 44(2) 22(2) 22(2) 44(2)
3 188 D. Millsaps 20(3) 20(3) 40(3) 18(4) 20(3) 38(3)
4 179 T. Ferry 18(4) 18(4) 36(4) 13(8) 16(5) 29(6)
5 141 A. Short 16(5) 16(5) 32(5) 20(3) 18(4) 38(4)
6 130 M. Byrne 13(8) 8(13) 21(10) 16(5) 15(6) 31(5)
7 103 N. Wey 14(7) 13(8) 27(6) 6(15) 11(10) 17(12)
8 102 S. Hamblin 15(6) 12(9) 27(7) 14(7) 13(8) 27(7)
9 95 I. Tedesco 12(9) 0(38) 12(13) 0(38) 0(39) 0 
10 94 J. Alessi 5(16) 6(15) 11(14) 12(9) 9(12) 21(10)
11 82 C. Cooper 11(10) 14(7) 25(8) 0(37) 0(37) 0 
12 75 J. Hill 8(13) 15(6) 23(9) 8(13) 14(7) 22(9)
13 56 A. Balbi 3(18) 0(34) 3(23) 4(17) 10(11) 14(14)
14 49 S. Boniface                
15 43 S. Collier         15(6) 12(9) 27(8)
16 42 B. Townley                
17 40 C. Summey 2(19) 0(37) 2(25) 0(34) 0(24) 0 
18 30 R. Clark 10(11) 0(24) 10(16) 0(29) 6(15) 6(18)
19 28 M. Boni 0(24) 5(16) 5(20) 7(14) 7(14) 14(15)
20 27 M. Blose         10(11) 5(16) 15(13)

 

Motocross Lites Event Results

Pos. Pts. Moto 1 Moto 2 No. Rider name Bike
1 50 25 (1) 25 (1) 1 R. Villopoto Kawasaki KX250F
2 40 18 (4) 22 (2) 20 J. Grant Honda CRF250R
3 40 22 (2) 18 (4) 341 N. Izzi Suzuki RM-Z250
4 36 16 (5) 20 (3) 48 T. Canard Honda CRF250R
5 28 14 (7) 14 (7) 122 D. Reardon Honda CRF250R
6 27 11 (10) 16 (5) 52 M. Lemoine Yamaha YZ250F
7 26 15 (6) 11 (10) 41 M. Goerke KTM 250SXF
8 25 12 (9) 13 (8) 30 J. Weimer Honda CRF250R
9 24 9 (12) 15 (6) 3 M. Brown Yamaha YZ250F
10 22 10 (11) 12 (9) 57 R. Sipes KTM 250SXF
11 20 20 (3) 0 (38) 28 R. Dungey Suzuki RM-Z250
12 18 8 (13) 10 (11) 38 A. McFarlane Kawasaki KX250F
13 15 6 (15) 9 (12) 123 B. Metcalfe Kawasaki KX250F
14 13 13 (8) 0 (32) 577 M. Davalos KTM 250SXF
15 10 4 (17) 6 (15) 99 W. Hahn Yamaha YZ250F
16 9 5 (16) 4 (17) 36 K. Chisholm Kawasaki KX250F
17 8 0 (21) 8 (13) 114 J. Brayton KTM 250SXF
18 7 0 (25) 7 (14) 58 K. Cunningham Honda CRF250R
19 7 7 (14) 0 (34) 338 J. Lawrence Yamaha YZ250F
20 6 1 (20) 5 (16) 35 B. Tickle Yamaha YZ250F
21 6 3 (18) 3 (18) 82 J. Moss Yamaha YZ250F
22 2 0 (36) 2 (19) 509 A. Miller KTM 250SXF
23 2 2 (19) 0 (37) 116 R. Morais Yamaha YZ250F
24 1 0 (22) 1 (20) 178 P. Nicoletti Kawasaki KX250F
25 0 0 (24) 0 (23) 187 S. Borkenhagen Honda CRF250R
26 0 0 (28) 0 (22) 412 L. Kilbarger Honda CRF250R
27 0 0 (30) 0 (21) 71 K. Keylon Honda CRF250R
28 0 0 (29) 0 (25) 888 H. Meyer Honda CRF250R
29 0 0 (31) 0 (24) 131 R. Beat Yamaha YZ250F
30 0 0 (27) 0 (29) 395 B. Ritter Suzuki RM-Z250
31 0 0 (26) 0 (31) 256 B. Johnson Honda CRF250R
32 0 0 (23) 0 (36) 45 R. Kiniry Honda CRF250R
33 0 0 (33) 0 (27) 156 W. Browning Suzuki RM-Z250
34 0 0 (35) 0 (26) 816 R. Meyer Honda CRF250R
35 0 0 (34) 0 (28) 424 C. Castloo Kawasaki KX250F
36 0 0 (32) 0 (30) 978 B. Brower Honda CRF250R
37 0 0 (38) 0 (33) 157 S. Hackley Suzuki RM-Z250
38 0 0 (39) 0 (35) 51 A. Stroupe Kawasaki KX250F
39 0 0 (37) 0 (39) 86 M. Willard Yamaha YZ250F
40 0 0 (40) 0 (40) 32 T. Hahn Kawasaki KX250F

 

Motocross Lites Overall Results

Pos. Pts. Rider name RD4 M1 RD4 M2 RD4 OA RD5 M1 RD5 M2 RD5 OA
1 241 R. Villopoto 25(1) 25(1) 50(1) 25(1) 25(1) 50(1)
2 183 R. Dungey 15(6) 22(2) 37(3) 20(3) 0(38) 20(11)
3 152 A. Stroupe 12(9) 20(3) 32(4) 0(39) 0(35) 0 
4 152 J. Weimer 22(2) 16(5) 38(2) 12(9) 13(8) 25(8)
5 143 B. Metcalfe 14(7) 18(4) 32(5) 6(15) 9(12) 15(13)
6 120 J. Lawrence 18(4) 0(36) 18(12) 7(14) 0(34) 7(19)
7 104 D. Reardon 10(11) 13(8) 23(9) 14(7) 14(7) 28(5)
8 92 N. Izzi 20(3) 6(15) 26(8) 22(2) 18(4) 40(3)
9 89 M. Goerke 13(8) 14(7) 27(7) 15(6) 11(10) 26(7)
10 83 T. Canard         16(5) 20(3) 36(4)
11 80 R. Sipes 16(5) 15(6) 31(6) 10(11) 12(9) 22(10)
12 75 M. Lemoine 7(14) 0(34) 7(19) 11(10) 16(5) 27(6)
13 72 B. Tickle 8(13) 2(19) 10(15) 1(20) 5(16) 6(20)
14 65 A. McFarlane 0(34) 8(13) 8(17) 8(13) 10(11) 18(12)
15 62 J. Moss 11(10) 12(9) 23(10) 3(18) 3(18) 6(21)
16 57 T. Hahn 3(18) 0(35) 3(24) 0(40) 0(40) 0 
17 56 K. Cunningham 0(23) 9(12) 9(16) 0(25) 7(14) 7(18)
18 49 W. Hahn 0(21) 7(14) 7(18) 4(17) 6(15) 10(15)
19 49 K. Chisholm 4(17) 0(22) 4(22) 5(16) 4(17) 9(16)
20 44 R. Kiniry 9(12) 10(11) 19(11) 0(23) 0(36) 0 

 

 

 

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2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Presented by FMF Weekend Schedule

Schedule Of Events Saturday Schedule
8:00am Semi Truck Parking
8:00am Paddock Open To Credential Holders
9:00am - 12:00pm Rider Registration At Track
9:00am - 4:00pm Will Call
9:00am - 12:00pm Tech Inspection Open
12:30pm - 3:30pm Early Entry for Fans
1:00pm - 1:15pm Motocross Lites Practice Group A
1:20pm - 1:35pm Motocross Lites Practice Group B
1:40pm - 1:55pm Motocross Practice Group A
2:00pm - 2:15pm Motocross Practice Group B

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2:25pm - 2:45pm Motocross Lites Timed Qualifying Group A - Top 12 advance to Sunday Motos
2:50pm - 3:10pm Motocross Lites Timed Qualifying Group B - Top 12 advance to Sunday Motos
3:15pm - 3:35pm Motocross Timed Qualifying Group A - Top 12 advance to Sunday Motos
3:40pm - 4:00pm Motocross Timed Qualifying Group B - Top 12 advance to Sunday Motos

Sunday Schedule
7:30am - 1:00pm Will Call
8:30am Mandatory Riders Meeting
8:45am Chapel Service
9:00am - 9:20am Motocross Lites Timed Qualifying for Gate Pick (10 min. free / 10 min. timed)
9:25am - 9:45am Motocross Timed Qualifying for Gate Pick (10 min. free / 10 min. timed)

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10:00am - 10:15am Motocross Lites Timed Qualifying for Gate Pick
10:20am - 10:35am Motocross Timed Qualifying for Gate Pick
12:30pm OPENING CEREMONIES
1:00pm Moto 1 - Motocross Lites (30 min. + 2 laps)
2:00pm Moto 1 - Motocross (30 min. + 2 laps)

Intermission
3:30pm Moto 2 - Motocross Lites (30 min. + 2 laps)
4:10pm Motocross Lites Victory Circle
4:30pm Moto 2 - Motocross (30 min. + 2 laps)
5:10pm Motocross Victory Circle

 

 



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